Pendleton Heights, Kansas City, MO Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Pendleton Heights

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Pendleton Heights is a Democratic stronghold. About 81% of voters here vote Democratic and 19% Republican.

 

About 37% of adults in Pendleton Heights typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pendleton Heights, ~30% vote Democratic, ~7% Republican, and ~63% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Pendleton Heights compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Pendleton Heights leans more Democratic than 10 of 14 neighbors.

Pendleton Heights runs about 81 points more Democratic than Missouri as a whole. Missouri leans Republican overall, while Pendleton Heights is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Pendleton Heights. The north side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+68) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+52), a spread of about 16 points.

Why Pendleton Heights leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Pendleton Heights, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Pendleton Heights votes against the grain of Missouri. Missouri leans Republican overall, while Pendleton Heights runs about 81 points more Democratic. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 49% of adults in Pendleton Heights have never been married, above 81% of neighborhoods.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Pendleton Heights, Kansas City, MO sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Pendleton Heights looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Pendleton Heights is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 44%, about 13 points below the Missouri average of 57%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 73% of households in Pendleton Heights rent, compared to around 50% in nearby neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Pendleton Heights sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Missouri Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.